Few sacred cows go un-gored in this satirical Spanish movie. In Spain, as in England, instead of getting together over a round of golf, it is customary for the power elite to gather at a country estate for a long weekend of "hunting," which basically consists of standing in one spot shooting at game which is being driven toward the hunters. Between shots, the elite converse. In...
Lucas, typical average Spaniard, shy, gray and repressed, is married to sanctimonious Enriqueta, so he is always aware of other women, although the couple are already parents of nine children, which is why Lucas will do the unspeakable to convince his wife to take the contraceptive pill, something practically sinful for a practicing Catholic like Enriqueta.
一个被妻子支配得太久的男人得到一个解放自己的机会。把他的暴虐的妻子以安眠药入睡。当他的妻子在睡觉时，他利用他恢复的自由，与他迷人的邻居成为朋友。
1940年，一辆放映车驶入卡斯蒂利亚高原的某个村子，孩子们马上围拢了上去。放映的电影是《科学怪人》，座位上有女童安娜（Ana Torrent 饰）和她的小姐姐伊莎贝尔（Isabel Tellería 饰）。放映室外，父亲痴迷于自己的新蜂房，他掏出怀表，结束了今天的工作。母亲正在写一封信，尽管对方收到信的可能渺茫，母亲在信纸上倾诉思念之情，在火车站将信投递。安娜久久不能忘记科学怪人，伊莎贝尔向她虚构出荒原上一座孤立的砖房是怪人的出没之地。安娜惊慌逃开，但从此不时返回砖房查看。伊莎贝尔似乎洞悉了某种秘密，她装死、跳过火堆，诸如此类。不久一名受伤军人躲进砖房被安娜发现，当晚军人中枪死亡。父亲来到村公所拿走军人的物品，包括一只怀表。安娜独自一个跑出村子，夜里她在湖边遇到了科学怪人……
本片获1973年圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节金贝壳奖等多项褒奖。
